Bengaluru, 21 Oct

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said the State unit of the Congress has almost finalised the candidates for by-polls for three Assembly segments, and the list will soon be sent to high command to decide.

Ministers have been given responsibilities to ensure that the party wins the by-polls in all the three seats, said Shivakumar, who is also Congress State president.

Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna assembly segments will go for bypolls on 13 November.

"We have almost finalised (on candidates), we have sought the opinion of our ministers. They have been given the responsibilities...we will send our proposal to Delhi (high command), they will discuss and decide," Shivakumar said while speaking to reporters here.

He said he  cannot divulge as to how many names of probable candidates will be recommended to high command for each seat.

Stating that party workers were demanding a ticket for his brother DK Suresh from Channapatna, Shivakumar said, "I have told them that we will abide by the party high command. I have not yet come out from the shock of the Lok Sabha poll loss (Suresh loss), but we are not ready to give up serving the people."

Suresh, too, on Sunday had said that there is pressure on him to contest elections. PTI